Area Converter
Convert between metric and US/imperial units of area, including square feet, square meters, acres and hectares. Square foot, square yard, acre and square mile conversions use the exact international definitions.
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Area units
- Square foot (ft²)
- A square foot is the area of a square with 1-foot sides, exactly 0.09290304 square meters. It is the standard unit for floor area in the United States.
- Square meter (m²)
- The square meter is the SI unit of area, the area of a square with 1-meter sides. It is used for floor area and land plots in most of the world.
- Acre (ac)
- An acre is 43,560 square feet, exactly 4,046.8564224 square meters. It is the usual unit for land area in the United States and is still common in the United Kingdom.
- Hectare (ha)
- A hectare is 10,000 square meters, the area of a square 100 meters on each side. It is the standard metric unit for farmland and forestry.
- Square kilometer (km²)
- A square kilometer is 1,000,000 square meters, or 100 hectares. It is used for the areas of cities, countries and lakes.
- Square mile (mi²)
- A square mile is 640 acres, exactly 2,589,988.110336 square meters. It is used in the United States for the areas of cities, counties and states.
- Square inch (in²)
- A square inch is the area of a square with 1-inch sides, exactly 6.4516 square centimeters. It is used in the United States for small surfaces and appears in the pressure unit psi.
- Square yard (yd²)
- A square yard is 9 square feet, exactly 0.83612736 square meters. It is used for carpet, turf and fabric.
- Square centimeter (cm²)
- A square centimeter is the area of a square with 1-centimeter sides, one ten-thousandth of a square meter. It is used for small surfaces such as paper, skin and components.
- Square millimeter (mm²)
- A square millimeter is one millionth of a square meter. It is the standard unit for the cross-sectional area of electrical wire and cable outside North America.
- Are (a)
- An are is 100 square meters, the area of a square 10 meters on each side. It is rarely used on its own today but is the unit from which the hectare (100 ares) is named.